Feed your Passion.Nourish your brand.

With a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, you’ll be equipped to handle culinary media in whatever field benefits you. Writers, reporters, photographers, marketers, entrepreneurs and industry professionals all have something to gain.

Food sustains life. Culture. Family. Friends. Community.

Hone your skills in this cutting-edge certificate program in Food Writing and Photography. Since 2014, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg has welcomed current USF graduate students, mid-career culinary professionals, and communicators into this 12-credit graduate certificate program.

This program can be completed entirely online or through a combination of online and face-to-face short courses or semester-long courses. Certificate Outcomes include improved visual and verbal mass communication skills and a better understanding of the legal and ethical issues that any contemporary communicator in the virtual or physical world might face.

You will conclude the program by completing a mentored and carefully reviewed project that fits your needs, communication methods, and paves the path for your future.

USFSP’s graduate certificate program in Food Writing and Photography can help you bring your best flavors forward.

Watch: A Trip to the Market

Our team recently took to the streets of sunny St. Petersburg to check out the Saturday Morning Market. Find out what they saw.

Look: Sizzling Images

Food photography students take field trips to outdoor markets, farms and restaurants, plus master the art of the studio food shoot.